it can sometime takes very long while to load up vmkernel. probably might be good to look into what modules it is trying to load. On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Ben Kevan <ben.kevan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:12:43 -0800, sunhux G <sunhux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Our VMWare server ESX 2.5.3 self-crashed & failed to boot up. >> It stopped at the point "VM Kernel ..." while booting up >> >> Is this a hardware or ESX OS fault? >> >> If OS fault, is there any way to copy over a good kernel or >> boot up from single user to recover from it? >> >> We don't have any backup of the ESX, only the Wintel clients >> (ie the VMs are the only ones with backup) >> >> I was told in the past we just need to reinstall ESX but now >> we can't even find the old ESX 2.5.3 media (just shifted office/ >> datacentre). Can we use the ESX 3.5.3 media (but was told >> we don't have the licence) > > http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/ > > I would download vmwre 2.5.5 and install overtop (without formating vmfs > volumes). > Sounds unlikely to be a hardware fault. > -- > Ben Kevan > I say never be complete. I say stop being perfect. I say let's evolve. > Let the chips fall where they may. - Fight Club > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Best Regards, Leslie Joshua Wang "The good thing about standard, there are so many of them to chose from ..." availability, performance and cost - pick 2 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
